Meat & Poultry

Increasing the amount of ethanol in motor fuel, as authorized today by the Environmental Protection Agency, will eventually hit food shoppers in their pocketbooks, the National Chicken Council said today. …

We are proud to introduce Marin Grass-Fed Meat Company, LLC to San Francisco Bay Area residents, said Christopher Gutek, owner of the company. We believe that Marin Grass-Fed Meat Company offers a compelling value proposition to area consumers who want local, sustainable, high-quality, healthful, flavorful, 100% grass-fed beef, yet who are turned off by high prices at premium grocery stores and markets. …

Farmers and ranchers who rely on quality Angus genetics continued to see economic growth this year despite lingering challenges in the U.S. beef cattle industry. …

Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced that it has named Michael E. Brown president and chief operating officer of Farmland Foods, Inc., effective October 4, 2010. Farmland is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. …

Illinois officials are announcing an investment package they say will retain 1,400 jobs at a western Illinois pork-processing plant. …